détraqué
UK/deɪˈtɹækeɪ/
détraqué noun: someone who is dangerously deranged; a madman, a psychopath.
Noun
détraqué (plural détraqués)
- Someone who is dangerously deranged; a madman, a psychopath.
- No one can pretend for a moment that in point of spiritual sagacity and capacity, Fox's mind was unsound. Every one who confronted him personally, from Oliver Cromwell down to county magistrates and jailers, seems to have acknowledged his superior power. Yet from the point of view of his nervous...1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC
- Those who love everything are despised by everything, as those who love a city, in its profoundest sense, become the shame of that city, the détraqués, the paupers […]1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 47
Adjective
détraqué (comparative more détraqué, superlative most détraqué)
Forms of détraqué
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | détraqués |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more détraqué |
| superlative | most détraqué |
Origin of détraqué
Borrowed from French détraqué.
Questions about détraqué
- What does détraqué mean?
- Détraqué means someone who is dangerously deranged; a madman, a psychopath.
- What part of speech is détraqué?
- Détraqué can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce détraqué?
- Détraqué is pronounced /deɪˈtɹækeɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of détraqué?
- The plural of détraqué is détraqués.
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